IUCN Status: Vulnerable
EPBC Threat Rating: N/A
IUCN Claim: “ Predation by red foxes and possibly feral cats has led to a past decline of mainland populations. Fox control has led to an increase in numbers in some areas.’”
Foxes hunt quokkas (Hayward et al. 2005; Sinclair & Hyder 2009). Hayward et al. (2007) associated quokka presence with higher poison-baiting intensity. Hayward (2002) described a spatial correlation between quokka extirpation and fox establishment, but no analysis was provided.
No studies
There are no studies evidencing a negative association between foxes
and quokka populations that include data analysis. Poison-baiting is not
a reliable proxy of fox abundance.
Hayward, M. 2002. The ecology of the Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) in the northern jarrah forest of Australia. University of New South Wales.
Hayward, Matt W., et al. “Mortality and survivorship of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus)(Macropodidae: Marsupialia) in the northern jarrah forest of Western Australia.” Wildlife Research 32.8 (2005): 715-722
Hayward, Matt W., et al. “Predicting the occurrence of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Macropodidae: Marsupialia), in Western Australia’s northern jarrah forest.” Wildlife Research 34.3 (2007): 194-199
Sinclair, E. A. and Hyder, B. M. 2009. Surviving quokka (Setonix brachyurus) population on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. . Australian Mammalogy 31: 67-69.
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